New York Bronx Zoo Breeds First Ever 'Fairy Penguins'

The New York City's Bronx Zoo welcomes the smallest penguin of all, the little penguin in its 120-year history. The cutest little penguin is also known as the fairy or blue penguin.

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The chick emerged on May 10. It is now exhibited and can also be seen on its YouTube channel. Other of the Bronx colony was hatched at Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Then it was moved to New York as part of a breeding program, according to CBS News.

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The zoo officials said that approximately 15 penguins a year hatch at Taronga, making it the most successful little penguin breeding program in the world. Taronga Zoo is also referred as the city zoo of Sydney, South Wales, Australia. It was opened to the public on October 7, 1916.

The little penguin is about 33 cm (13 in) in height and 43 cm (17 in) in length. It has a slate-blue plumage. That is why in New Zealand it is called little blue penguin or blue penguin. It can be found on the coastlines of southern Australia and New Zealand. They are known as fairy penguin in Australia because of its size. It has Maori name "korora."

Meanwhile, Bronx Zoo is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States. It is also one of the largest zoos in the world. It has 2.15 million visitors every year on average. The zoo has about 265 acres of park lands and naturalistic habitats. It is situated in the Bronx, a borough of New York City in the Bronx Park.